DS still drinking bottles at 20.5 months, anyone else?

WifeofaMarine · June 2010

DS will be two in September and still drinks several bottles of milk throughout the day, including when he first wakes up, before nap and before bed while we're reading stories (we brush his teeth after bottle/books). He drinks water throughout the day out of his sippy, and will drink a little bit of juice out of his sippy, but he refuses milk in a sippy. He'll either hand it right back to us or throw it on the floor. He'll stand in the kitchen screaming for baba. He's always loved his bottle, but ever since we quit BFing at 16.5 months, he seems even more attached to it as his lovey. Since he's a picky eater and a peanut, I've been trying to avoid getting rid of the bottle cold turkey when its the only way he'll drink milk. We talked to his pedi. at his 18 months appointment and she wasn't at all concerned, just said some kids take longer to get rid of the bottle.

Please tell me I'm not the only one with a 20+ month old DC still drinking several bottles a day!

izzybella · June 2010

Our pedi wanted our kids off a bottle at 15 months. We just went cold turkey with the sippy and she did fine after about a week. Have you tried the Take N Toss straw cups? DS LOVES those, and prefers them over traditional sippy.

estherandgeoff2 · June 2010

I agree with trying a straw cup instead of a sippy as well. It took DD a few days to transition from the bottle to the straw cup but she did fine after that. She was about 15 months when we cut out the morning and evening bottle.

GRKaters · June 2010

DS self-weaned from his last bottle (the first-thing-in-the-morning one) around 15 months. He just decided he didn't want it one day.

bethelon · June 2010

We stopped the bottles at 13 months and haven't looked back. Our pediatricians wanted them gone by 14 months at the latest because then it becomes a habit. Definitely try the straw cups. Make it a fun experience and maybe that will help make it easier.

stellar77 · June 2010

We went home for Memorial Day and I didn't pack a single bottle. I thought hey perfect distraction to be at Grandma's house she won't even think about it.

Sure enough, all she took was sippies.

We get home and Dada gave her a Baba !! * insert mad face here * he he.. agh...

DD is 17 months. Feel better? I'm confident that we can go cold turkey again.

heaven81906 · June 2010

Don't feel bad! DD just finally starting taking milk in a sippy cup. We kept up with the bottle because she is small for her age (3rd %) and we need to get the extra calories in her. She refused the cup at first too and would throw it on the ground, we started by giving it to her at room temp and then cold. Just take it slow and you will get there!

LucyPevensie · June 2010

DS still drinks a bottle of milk in the morning, and one at night. And I don't care, and have no plans to make any changes anytime soon.

The Housewife · June 2010

My DS is still on a bottle at the same times as yours. He doesn't have a blankie, stuffed animal, paci, or any other "lovey", it's his bottle that winds him down. Our pedi doesn't like it and wanted him off by 18 months at the latest, but oh well. It's not like he is going to bring a bottle and his nightlight to college with him, so I'll let him give it up when he's ready.

goodheartedmommy · June 2010

DD is 18.5 months, and I don't foresee it being gone before 2. She takes one at nap, one at bedtime, and one in the middle of the night.

KayLee77 · June 2010

i just finally got ds to drink milk out of a sippy and hes 18 months. it was a tough time. i think i bought 10 different types of sippy cups to see if that would help and nothing was working. it seamed like the more i forced it, the more he didnt want anything to do with it.

i did notice that he wasnt finishing all of his bottles. and when he was younger if he couldnt drink it fast enough, he wouldnt drink it so that was my clue to switch him to a faster flow nipple. so since he wasnt finshing the bottles, i thought it was time to try a sippy again. i started with the morning time, even if he didnt drink it all, i just went about with our morning routine. did that for about a week when i knew he had mastered it, i moved on to his bottle before nap time. same thing with the morning one that even if he didnt drink all of it i would still put him down for a nap. once he realized he was going for a nap with or without all the milk, he started drinking all of it.

his bedtime bottle took a bit longer. he was having a hard time giving it up. but i just kept trying and finally he gave in to drinking his bed time milk from a sippy.

its now been 2 weeks without bottles and its still going great. so good that all the bottles are all packed away. i feel like i took the bottles away more of when he was ready for it then it being on my terms. and im glad i waited and did it that way.

engaged678 · June 2010

DS just quit and now has milk in sippy's. He used to be the kid that would totally side-eye milk in a sippy and only have it if it was in a bottle

He's a "monkey see, monkey do" kind of kid though and he saw a little friend drinking milk from a straw sippy and that's when we quit the bottle. He hasn't looked back.

Maybe show him another little person drinking milk from a sippy?

Worked for us!

ChubbyCheekiesMom · June 2010

LucyPevensie:
DS still drinks a bottle of milk in the morning, and one at night. And I don't care, and have no plans to make any changes anytime soon.

DS takes one in the Am and that's it. I am in no hurry to switch. He won't guzzle out of a sippy, and at times it can take 2 hours for him to drink 8 oz of milk (or longer but I toss after 2 hours). In the AM he sits on my lap holds his bottle and drinks all 8 oz. At least I know he is getting 8oz of milk.

RevJG · June 2010

We got rid of the bottle at 12.5 months by going cold turkey. She fought it for a few days but then totally embraced the straw sippy cup and has never looked back. Try a straw--it's more fun for them and actually way better for their teeth than a regular sippy.

lisanjay · June 2010

My daughter's pedi, Parent As Teachers rep, several books I've read don't reccomend using sippy cups. It is just another "crutch" for them to use, doesn't teach them how to drink properly etc. They say that either teaching them to use a small cup or a straw cup is much better. DD takes 3 bottles a day, she drinks out of a small paper or plastic cup too, and she has just started drinking water out of a straw sippy.

NewMrs52106 · June 2010

At daycare, once kids switch from the 6-12 month room into the 12-24 month room, no more bottles and no more formula are allowed. So, we went cold turkey and DD has done fine. Her last bottle was at her birthday party. The hardest part for us was the bedtime bottle which used to soothe her and help her get ready for bed, but she drinks her milk out of a sippy so all is well. The only catch is she has to have hte stopper in the cup or else it gets everywhere. And she LOVES drinking from straws.

cj842 · June 2010

DD didn't stop bottles until around 22 months. I tried milk in sippys at meals and she wouldn't drink it. What worked for us was having the milk in a sippy after her meal, when she normally had her bottle. And I just give her water with meals. I know most people give milk with meals but I say whatever works. Good luck!

dmogmo · June 2010

DeVriesK:
i just finally got ds to drink milk out of a sippy and hes 18 months. it was a tough time. i think i bought 10 different types of sippy cups to see if that would help and nothing was working. it seamed like the more i forced it, the more he didnt want anything to do with it.
i did notice that he wasnt finishing all of his bottles. and when he was younger if he couldnt drink it fast enough, he wouldnt drink it so that was my clue to switch him to a faster flow nipple. so since he wasnt finshing the bottles, i thought it was time to try a sippy again. i started with the morning time, even if he didnt drink it all, i just went about with our morning routine. did that for about a week when i knew he had mastered it, i moved on to his bottle before nap time. same thing with the morning one that even if he didnt drink all of it i would still put him down for a nap. once he realized he was going for a nap with or without all the milk, he started drinking all of it.
his bedtime bottle took a bit longer. he was having a hard time giving it up. but i just kept trying and finally he gave in to drinking his bed time milk from a sippy.
its now been 2 weeks without bottles and its still going great. so good that all the bottles are all packed away. i feel like i took the bottles away more of when he was ready for it then it being on my terms. and im glad i waited and did it that way.

This gives me hope

KellyD01 · June 2010

DS will be 2 in 2 weeks... he still drinks his milk from a bottle, throws the sippy if i try to put it in there. To me it's more important to get him his milk than to make sure he's off the bottle. He takes 2-3 a day, first thing in the morning, sometimes at nap time and at bedtime. Other than that it's sippys of water and rarely juice.

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